Data file didn’t close properly

Now whenever I open Outlook I get the following message;
“The data file was not closed properly. This file is being checked for problems.”

Now an icon of two gears has appeared in the lower right hand corner for three days now.

Message window size and location not remembered

Whenever I create a new message the associated window is really small and in an inconvenient location (half off of my Desktop).
How do I change the default size and position of the new message window such that all of it is visible on my desktop?

Email empty when changing signature

After composing my email I changed my signature. When doing that it deleted all the text from the message. What happened and how can I prevent this from happening?

No Mail icon in Control Panel

I’m trying to make a change to my mail profile and I was advised to go to Control Panel-> Mail. However, when I go to Control Panel, there is no Mail icon. I’m using Windows Vista 64-bit.

Backup Outlook settings

How can I backup my Outlook settings and especially my email account configuration?

Synchronizing folders

Outlook is constantly “synchronizing folders.” What is this? How can I stop this? It’s slowing down my computer.

Automatically reply every time

I have a rule set up for an employee on vacation, that when an email is received, it will send an automated reply that “I will not be in the office”.
However, the rule only works once. Can it work for each time an email is sent to the person on vacation? Or is it a given that once you get the automated reply, you know that the person is on vacation?

Migrate from ANSI to UNICODE

By using your previous tip I noticed that I was still in ANSI mode for the pst-file. How can I convert this to a UNICODE pst-file?

Am I in ANSI or UNICODE format?

How can I see if my pst-file is in ANSI format or in UNICODE format?

Open XNK-files (Outlook links)

I just upgraded from Office 2003 to 2007. I attempt to open an Outlook link with file extension XNK, but I receive the error message “Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.”